The plugin “Allow PM Mentions” by WorldIsMine restores the ability to mention the @admins group in private messages on Discourse 2.2 and later versions, a feature removed in 2.2. It adds a single setting and sends notifications to all admins when mentioned. Originally named to reflect its restoration purpose, Stephen suggested renaming it to “allow PM mentions” for clarity, which WorldIsMine implemented. The plugin has been regularly updated and tested across multiple Discourse versions, including 2.3.1, 2.3.6, 2.4.1, 2.5.0, 2.7.0, and 3.0 stable. A key update on 18.08.2020 introduced a warning prompt before sending messages that mention @admins or @administrator, to discourage abuse see post. The plugin is available on GitHub: https://github.com/worldismine/Restore-PM-Mentions. Note: It only supports group mentions (specifically @admins), not individual user mentions.
New feature has been added on 18.08.2020 (see this post)
To edit the custom prompt search for js.restore_pm_mentions.alert
Description
As you may know already, the ability to mention @Jean11 groups within PMs was removed in Discourse 2.2. I found this feature very useful (so did my community) and I was sad to see it go. This plugin brings the function back. It’s a super simple plugin that only adds one setting to your discourse instance:
The plugin has been updated. The @administrator mention feature backfired and sometimes we get overwhelmed with requests. To let users know that they shouldn’t abuse the tag the plugin will now feature a warning before a post/topic which tagged @admins or @administrator is sent:
